Men’s Health magazine is out with a list of the angriest cities in America, sorted and ranked by the number of aggravated assaults, number of people with high blood pressure, amount of time spent in rush-hour traffic and the number of anger management specialists per capita.
And the loser is? Detroit, MI. followed by Baltimore, MD; St. Petersurg, FL; Las Vegas, NV; and Newark, NJ.
And the least angriest? Burlington, VT; Lincoln, NE; Fargo, ND; Colorado Springs, CO; and MADISON!
Anyone get angry that Madison is #5 and not #1?

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Talk about setting a good example. Not!
Police say a former president of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers has been arrested. Ready? For driving drunk!
According to the Gainesville Sun (Florida…of course), police pulled over the 48 year old woman after she allegedly veered across several lanes of traffic. Police say she had bloodshot and dilated eyes and smelled of booze. So she was given a breathalyzer test.
And records show she tested three times over the legal limit. The former MADD leader admitted to police that she had been drinking before driving.
Sad! Or is that SADD.

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The dude on the right was hitting me up for 'cigeratte money' last week…

I guess it helps if you already look a bit 'Fuzzy' in your youth…:-)

From 'Rod-the-Bod' to "Help, I've fallen…"

David (no more Ziggy please!…:-) Bowie actully LOOKS BETTER!!!

I think the DRUGS have worn off by the time we get to the right side picture!

How did he maintain that EXACT pose for 40 years?!?

Back with more next week – from yours truly; The Guy with a FACE for RADIO!…:-)

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Of the Top 10 Oscar categories that I made picks for this year, I only got 6 correct.  Not great odds for me this time around.

My problem this year was with The King’s Speech.

It’s a great movie about overcoming adversity and conquering your fears and it’s also got a great radio theme in it too, but COME ON.   This is a new British invasion.  The movie is about King George VI.  Don’t we know that he shares a name with the same guy who fought with us in the American War of Independence which led to the formation of the United States? (King George III)

This is downright unamerican and I think we should call for a recall of The King’s Speech…simply so my pick for Best Picture: The Social Network wins.

Who’s with me?

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 Forget the glitz, forget the glamour.  Don’t care about dresses or tuxedos, shoes or gems.  But that ponytail!!!  I am absolutely IN LOVE with Reese Witherspoon’s hair from the Oscars last night.  It is pretty and stylish and fun and sporty.  Oh, what I would give to have fab hair like that!  I know she had a team of professionals with every hair product on earth available to them.  But the simplicity!  If you wonder why some women grow their hair long and then wear it up all the time…this is why!  Because it looks amazing!  Might not ever look this great but I am striving for a ponytail length hair once again…thank you, Reese Witherspoon, for providing me with some much needed follicle motivation.

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Here’s how I think the pics are gonna play out…

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Rated R – 1h45

Just one question for the makers of Hall Pass. Why save your most funny ideas for the end credits? The extreme lengths that men will go to, in order to get lucky, is what makes comedies like these funny.

Hall Pass is a social-marital experiment of sorts. Two archetypical suburban men-children feel trapped in married life. Their wives grant both men a week off of marriage. They are allowed to do anything they want, including see other women. The idea is that it will breathe new life into the old relationship and with it’s new found freedom, the old relationship will blossom once again.

The comedy should have come from the extremes that the main characters Rick (Owen Wilson) and Fred (Jason Sudekis) would take their new freedoms. It’s doesn’t. In fact, most of the plot is boring with enough male-directed laughs to keep you waiting for the next one.

It’s hard to watch when a joke completely falls flat. I counted about five instances in Hall Pass before I gave up. One involved a comic mix up between the group Snow Patrol and the Cuba Gooding Jr. movie Snow Dogs. Owen Wilson is trying to hit on a hot barista, when another man calls him out. Another involves male frontal nudity, which done in a particular way, can be quite funny. This time, they didn’t seem to work and it was like pressing pause in the movie.

Overall this movie fails in its attempt to serve as a raunchy-guys movie, because it tries to walk into the feel-good date movie territory. Choose one formula and stay there. It makes a lot more sense to the viewer.

The Farrlley Brothers, who have delivered us comic gems like Dumb and Dumber and There’s Something About Mary, are know to throw some raunch in for fun. I know its not fair to continually judge them according to the success of There’s Something about Mary, but I say either go overboard with it or just keep it to one joke.

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A very clever puzzle

TO ALL MY INTELLIGENT FRIENDS:
This is only for my smart friends. I could not
figure it out. My first thought was wrong and I had to
look at the answer. See if you can figure out what these
seven words all have in common!

1. Banana
2. Dresser
3. Grammar
4. Potato
5. Revive
6. Uneven
7. Assess

Are you peeking or have you already given up?
Give it another try….
Look at each word carefully. You’ll kick yourself when you
discover the answer. This is so cool…..

No, it is not that they all have at least 2 double letters.

Let me know if you figured it out – I didn’t!

Answer is below!

Answer:

In all of the words listed, if you take the first letter,
place it at the end of the word, and then spell the word
backwards, it will be the same word. Did you figure it
out? No? If you tell more people and stump them as
well. Then, you’ll feel better too.

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There is no debating. There is no budging. There is no compromise.

Yeesh. I sound like the Governor here.

What I am talking about is not what’s going on in downtown Madison. No, my focus is on downtown Hollywood this weekend and The 83rd Annual Academy Awards.

I’ve taken the Top 10 Oscar categories and locked in what is sure to be guaranteed winners.

How do I know these will be winners? Don’t ask such silly questions. Some things must remain unknown.

Best Motion Picture of the Year
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem for Biutiful.
Jeff Bridges for True Grit.
Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network.
Colin Firth for The King’s Speech.
James Franco for 127 Hours.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right.
Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole.
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter’s Bone.
Natalie Portman for Black Swan.
Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale for The Fighter.
John Hawkes for Winter’s Bone.
Jeremy Renner for The Town.
Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right.
Geoffrey Rush for The King’s Speech.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams for The Fighter.
Helena Bonham Carter for The King’s Speech.
Melissa Leo for The Fighter.
Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit.
Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom.

Best Achievement in Directing
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan.
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for True Grit.
David Fincher for The Social Network.
Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech.
David O. Russell for The Fighter.

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2

Best Documentary, Features
Exit Through the Gift Shop
GasLand
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Black Swan
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
True Grit

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See…I thought you were supposed to drink beer BEFORE exercising!

A Bavarian brewmeister is touting its no-alcohol beer as the latest sport drink for athletes, handing it out at the finish line of sporting events and touting its regenerative benefits.

Unlike Gatorade, Erdinger Alkoholfrei is served up with a frothy head. And it comes in one color – a golden hue – unlike conventional sport drinks.

Several top athletes from Europe quaffed the beverage from giant mugs on the podium of the World Cup biathlons held this month in northern Maine.

The company touts the beverage as an isotonic, vitamin-rich, no-additive beverage with natural regenerative powers that help athletes recover from a workout. In other words, it’s carbohydrate-loaded refreshment without the alcoholic buzz of beer or the jitters caused by some energy drinks.

Now I know. Drink beer AFTER working out.

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